US and South Korea to consider expanded military drills amid North Korea concern

The US and South Korea issued a joint statement that said they were committed to a “rules-based international order” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

US President Joe Biden listens to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speak during a news conference at the People’s House inside the Ministry of National Defence in Seoul (Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol have said they will consider expanded military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time when there is little hope of real diplomacy on the matter.

Mr Yoon affirmed in remarks at a news conference that their shared goal is the complete denuclearisation of North Korea.